Who lied better?

Amaechi and Wike have been sworn enemies for a while now. Their political rivalry has been well documented since 2014.

I received press statements from both camps concerning the kerfuffle in Port Harcourt around dusk on Saturday.

The press statements you are about to read purportedly relayed what transpired in Port Harcourt on the day. I received both reports in my mail box within minutes of the other.

Dear esteemed reader, you have one job right now—read both press statements carefully and tell us who you think was telling the truth. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it.

We’d really appreciate the feedback in the comments section below:

WHAT WIKE SAID:

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Saturday escaped assassination as Special Anti-robbery Squad Operatives and soldiers of the Nigerian Army in the motorcade of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi attacked his convoy.

The governor who was on project inspection was attacked at Nwanja Junction on Trans-Amadi Road.

The SARs Personnel and Soldiers in the Minister's convoy hit down the Governor's Escort Rider and attacked the policemen in the pilot car.

Mr Debewari , Aide -De- Camp, to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, supervised the attack, which included damage of cameras held by journalists .

Also part of the attack, was the Commander of Rivers SARS, Mr Akin Fakorede who received the Minister of Transportation at the Port Harcourt International Airport and accompanied on his trip.

After the attack, the Rivers State Governor continued with his inspection of Projects.

Governor Wike was not harmed, despite the attack.

The Minister of Transportation had over 50 SARS Personnel , Soldiers and Mobile Policemen in his motorcade.

WHAT AMAECHI SAID:

In a blatant show of naked raw power, minister of transportation, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, this afternoon narrowly escaped being shot by security men attached to the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike. His car wasn’t that lucky though. The car was vandalized with a broken side mirror.

The incident occurred in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, along Trans-Amadi road, Nwaja axis. The minister had arrived Port Harcourt this afternoon. Accompanied by cars of many of his supporters, the minister’s black jeep was intercepted and blocked at the junction by the security motorcycle outrider attached to Wike after two cars had passed through.

One of the two cars had security men assigned to protect the minister in Port Harcourt.

Suddenly, gun-toting security men attached to Wike’s convoy, surrounded the minister’s car, threatening to shoot him. They hit the car, tried to smash the windscreens, back and side windows and broke a side mirror. All through this attack, Amaechi remained calm, inside the fortified Jeep. While the attacked occurred, Wike remained inside his vehicle.

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The minister eventually passed through after the intervention of the security team on ground to protect him in Port Harcourt. However, when Governor Wike got to the point where the incident occurred after Amaechi’s vehicle had gone by, his security men blocked the road again, dragged out from a vehicle and thoroughly beat up a police man attached to protect Amaechi in Port Harcourt.

The policeman’s rifle was also taken from him. Wike came out of his car, and with his security team was going from one vehicle to another, of Amaechi supporters, charging at them, harassing and abusing them. Wike’s security men were heard loudly insulting Amaechi and called him all sorts of derogative names.

This is a crass show of high handedness, arbitrary behaviour and abuse of public office by a state governor who has no care for the safety of Rivers people.

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Ladies and gentlemen, there you have it. It's your call now.

Who told it better?